Emily B. Waite Etchings of European Architecture
Item Details
A grouping of four etchings on paper by noted artist Emily B. Waite (1887-1980). These works depict structures with small windows in the Medieval style. The print of the gated bridge is the Porte d’Ostende in Bruges, Belgium and the print of the scene along the canal is Mechelen, Belgium. The pieces are all signed in graphite to the lower right and the cityscape print is marked to lower left 25/I. They are presented unframed and unmatted.
Emily B. Waite is best known for her oil portraits, still life paintings, and etchings. She began her formal artistic training at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where she studied from 1908 through 1910 under Philip Leslie Hale and Francis Luis Mora. In 1910 she received the Paige Traveling Scholarship and traveled extensively for two years throughout France, Spain, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, and Italy, studying and copying master paintings. Waite’s work is represented in the collections of numerous distinguished institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D. C.; and the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., among many others. This work was deaccessioned from the Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA. Proceeds from the sale of this item will go to benefit the museum.
Condition
- toning to prints and wear to edges; largest print creased to lower third of page.
Dimensions
- measures largest print; smallest prints measure 10" W x 6.5" H.
Item #
17BOS128-414
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